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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has reportedly requested that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and senior ICE officials suspend immigration enforcement operations in Chicago for Halloween.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 209 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Hey republicans, this is the world you're creating.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 96 points 9 months ago

MAGAts have no shame they celebrate the evil they bring to the world.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is the world they want.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exactly.

For the Fascists, the ones they see as lesser are pretty much sub-human and to be treated as vermin, and they have no more empathy for the younger "vermin" than they have for the adult "vermin".

Just look at Nazi Germany and Zionist Israel for very obvious examples of how for these people the children of the "lesser" races aren't really human and get targetted same as all the other members of the ethnicities they literally call "vermin".

If these people were both capable of empathy and unable to block their empathy on a per-ethnicity basis, they wouldn't be Fascists.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You can't shame a fascist. Time to change strategy.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Shame is dead, time for kicking.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

I think we need to bring back tar and feathering.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Do things that demonstrate how shameful they are to the large group of people who don't pay attention to the news or politics until that large group gets fed up with fascists' bullshit

[–] exu@feditown.com 93 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But that's the perfect opportunity to round up all the neighborhood children /s

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 71 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Get rid of the /s and add "brown" in front of children that's their actual plan.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 43 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure republicans plans for children have more than just "get rid of" in them.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't want to accidentally grab a white kid in blackface /s

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

Oh that's dark.

Bravo

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago

I think they will use the fact that white people are disguised on Halloween, to add them to the trafficking cages. $1,500 a head, plus "fun" for ICE predators before shipping out the merchandise.

ICE only loves dispensing pain and reveling in their own power. They have no loyalty to the nation nor the people.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 49 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I'd rather hide ICE. prefferably someplace deep, dark, dank, and with no exits. maybe a few spikes at the bottom? Rats, too.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I know that the sun doesn't have any of those features, but I nominate it. We just have to send them there at like .0000004 meters per second and we're golden.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

carbon footprint and monetary costs, and it'd take too long.... Pits are more effecient, cheaper and quicker.

though, if we're not worried about that, I'd agree that'd be a good option. Alternatively, I hear ocean gate is trying to do more tours.

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[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago

Please remove law enforcement from the streets so our children are safe. My town growing up had no police within 30 min drive and we were fine. We dont need them.

Ive never trusted cops, even back when they came to my school as a kid. They had that stranger with candy vibe, like they're being too nice. People are only too nice in the moment if they think their other actions (past, present, or future) would scare people off.

Priests and cops. Never trust em.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 39 points 9 months ago (3 children)

ICE is ruining Halloween, the shutdown is ruining Thanksgiving, but Trump has one surefire way to save Christmas.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Suicide bombing an all-hands meeting of his cabinet?

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Hmmm. I think I've read about plots like that

[–] Scrawny@reddthat.com 10 points 9 months ago

Deploy the troops because the liberals have had a war on Christmas?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago

he canceled christmas already

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 31 points 9 months ago

I remember when I was that kid, when I barely understood the world, before I have even leared of the reality of wars, bigotry, government oppression, propaganda.

I remember that 8 year old kid, my previous country facing massive political and economic issues (not that I understood that at the time), that's why my parents left. I was already having trouble fitting in, learning the language was difficult, and being an introvert made that stuggle harder.

I remember my mother kinda just pushed me into doing trick or treating, I didn't wanted to do it... too many people... but I mean, I guess I kinda was fine, free candy lol, at a time when my parents were kinda stuggling. In hindsight, it was a quite nostalgic and pleasant memory, compared to many other memories.

I remember running into classmates and um... that was so awkward for me, because I'm kinda socially awkward.

I remember the candy I hated the most was Reeses and Twizzlers. I know some of y'all would probably disagree, but that's just me lol, everyone's different.

But like... holy shit... imagine if this was the shit that happened back then.

I reflect on 8 year old me, and I think of the immigrant children today, and I see that reflection of my 8 year old self, I see that spirit in these kids.

I... idk how to describe this. But like I think about alt-timeline often, and I could imagine how terrified 8 year old me would be if some adults took me away, I can imagine the same fear if it happend to these kids today, literally tonight in about 12 hours or so.

I was alone once at age 5-7 (forgot the exact age) because I had a fight with my older brother and ran away, and I could've been kidnapped. But I could imagine a timeline if I had been. And it's 10x worse if its people from the government, because kids used to see them as protectors, that belief being shattered at such a young age is gonna cause a lot of developmental issues. Its gonna be hard to even form friendships, I mean I didn't even face much government oppression and I already had such issues from family troubles, imagime being also facing overt government oppression.

Its so sad.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Also now that I think about it: Trick or treaters dressed as ICE agents (or, fuck it, LEOs in general) should be refused candy.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, the tradition of Halloween is to dress as scary things so they can't recognize you or hurt you. Seems like the perfect time to dress as one of those y'all-qaeda

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's scary and then there's problematic

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 9 months ago

In this case, it is both. They're scary because of their problematicness.

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks, this'll save me a thousand words or so next time I talk to my therapist about current events

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The sickening thing is that they are probably will use this opportunity to abduct children

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Starting to realize they’re the baddies?

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A democrat asked ICE barbie, sadly this did not come from above, and based on the response I expect they'll ignore him.

edit: They told him to fuck off, the posted pictures of their agents driving around in unmarked vans, wearing halloween masks. Fucking hell.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Demonstrating that they’ve always known, and just haven’t cared.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 13 points 9 months ago

Is it really a MAGAt Halloween without children being tear gassed and ziptied?

[–] fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

NUREMBERG EM

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 9 months ago

If you told them there's a lot of latinx in heaven, they'd raid heaven...

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

ICE also asked to go fuck themselves with a rusty rake.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

More like ice will use fake trickortreaters to get people to open their doors, then rush into the home.

Ugh

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Everyone should just dress as ice agents.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Watch ICE run around brutalizing kids dressed as aliens or alien characters like superman or Goku.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I want to ask ICE to promptly suck their own dicks and shit on their faces.

fucking fascist pigs.